Re: [PATCH v7 4/5] dm-thin: Add REQ_OP_PROVISION support

Mike Snitzer
2023-06-09T00:29:25Z

On Thu, Jun 08 2023 at 5:24P -0400,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 19 2023 at 11:23P -0400,
> Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 18 2023 at 6:33P -0400,
> > Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > > dm-thinpool uses the provision request to provision
> > > blocks for a dm-thin device. dm-thinpool currently does not
> > > pass through REQ_OP_PROVISION to underlying devices.
> > >
> > > For shared blocks, provision requests will break sharing and copy the
> > > contents of the entire block. Additionally, if 'skip_block_zeroing'
> > > is not set, dm-thin will opt to zero out the entire range as a part
> > > of provisioning.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@chromium.org>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
> > > index 2b13c949bd72..f1b68b558cf0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
> > > @@ -1245,8 +1247,8 @@ static int io_overlaps_block(struct pool *pool, struct bio *bio)
> > >
> > > static int io_overwrites_block(struct pool *pool, struct bio *bio)
> > > {
> > > - return (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE) &&
> > > - io_overlaps_block(pool, bio);
> > > + return (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE) && io_overlaps_block(pool, bio) &&
> > > + bio_op(bio) != REQ_OP_PROVISION;
> > > }
> > >
> > > static void save_and_set_endio(struct bio *bio, bio_end_io_t **save,
> > > @@ -1394,6 +1396,9 @@ static void schedule_zero(struct thin_c *tc, dm_block_t virt_block,
> > > m->data_block = data_block;
> > > m->cell = cell;
> > >
> > > + if (bio && bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_PROVISION)
> > > + m->bio = bio;
> > > +
> > > /*
> > > * If the whole block of data is being overwritten or we are not
> > > * zeroing pre-existing data, we can issue the bio immediately.
> >
> > This doesn't seem like the best way to address avoiding passdown of
> > provision bios (relying on process_prepared_mapping's implementation
> > that happens to do the right thing if m->bio set). Doing so cascades
> > into relying on complete_overwrite_bio() happening to _not_ actually
> > being specific to "overwrite" bios.
> >
> > I don't have a better suggestion yet but will look closer. Just think
> > this needs to be formalized a bit more rather than it happening to
> > "just work".
> >
> > Cc'ing Joe to see what he thinks too. This is something we can clean
> > up with a follow-on patch though, so not a show-stopper for this
> > series.
>
> I haven't circled back to look close enough at this but
> REQ_OP_PROVISION bios _are_ being passed down to the thin-pool's
> underlying data device.
>
> Brian Foster reported that if he issues a REQ_OP_PROVISION to a thin
> device after a snapshot (to break sharing), it'll fail with
> -EOPNOTSUPP (response is from bio being passed down to device that
> doesn't support it). I was able to reproduce with:
>
> # fallocate --offset 0 --length 1048576 /dev/test/thin
> # lvcreate -n snap --snapshot test/thin
>
> # fallocate --offset 0 --length 1048576 /dev/test/thin
> fallocate: fallocate failed: Operation not supported
>
> But reports success when retried:
> # fallocate --offset 0 --length 1048576 /dev/test/thin
> # echo $?
> 0
>
> It's somewhat moot in that Joe will be reimplementing handling for
> REQ_OP_PROVISION _but_ in the meantime it'd be nice to have a version
> of this patch that doesn't error (due to passdown of REQ_OP_PROVISION)
> when breaking sharing. Primarily so the XFS guys (Dave and Brian) can
> make progress.
>
> I'll take a closer look tomorrow but figured I'd let you know.

This fixes the issue for me (causes process_prepared_mapping to end
the bio without REQ_OP_PROVISION passdown).

But like I said above back on May 19: needs cleanup to make it less of
a hack for the REQ_OP_PROVISION case. At a minimum
complete_overwrite_bio() would need renaming.

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 43a6702f9efe..434a3b37af2f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,9 @@ static void schedule_copy(struct thin_c *tc, dm_block_t virt_block,
m->data_block = data_dest;
m->cell = cell;

+ if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_PROVISION)
+ m->bio = bio;
+
/*
* quiesce action + copy action + an extra reference held for the
* duration of this function (we may need to inc later for a